-={ 2016-10-28 07:12:38.852996136+11:00 }=-

Hey Tony!

 TL> what were you trying to install FreeDOS onto?  A Qemu/KVM VM?  Or
 TL> bare metal?

Heh, heh.  The last time I tried to install a DOS as the default OS was a 486
with a 2G ide that the bios couldn't deal with.  Linux (lilo) had no issues
booting it up but only if I installed lilo on a root partition rather than the
mbr.  That was back in the mid 90's or so.

The freedos that I used to compare with the the virtuallized arm32,
approximating a respi, was on a modern x86_64 system and I seriously doubt it
will install on there as a root/boot option - not that I tried but I already
know that it won't given the hardware, especially the RAM.

 TL> I didn't draw any conclusions, except that it's best to use native
 TL> processors, where possible. :)

Agreed.  That is why I am patitiently waiting to hear the right thing before
jumping onto the raspi bandwagon.  I am thinking I want a pure 64 bit with the
ability to custom compile linux kernels wrt aarch64.  If I am not confident
that I can pull that off, which as of this writing I am not, then I am not
really interested in taking the plunge myself.  It will still be interesting to
hear about.

Given the above paragraph, everything after that will be pure bonus.  :-)

Life is good,
Maurice

... Wat se þe cunnað hu sliþen bið sorg to geferan.
    He who has experienced it knows how cruel a companion sorrow is.
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